Monday 26 July 2010

STS-132 Mission Patch and T-shirt

STS-132 Mission Insignia

The STS-132 mission was the 32nd flight of the space shuttle Atlantis. The primary STS-132 mission objective was to deliver the Russian-made MRM-1 (Mini Research Module) to the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis will also delivered a new communications antenna and a new set of batteries for one of the ISS solar arrays. The STS-132 mission patch features Atlantis flying off into the sunset as the end of the Space Shuttle Program approaches. However the sun is also heralding the promise of a new day as it rises for the first time on a new ISS module, the MRM-1, which is also named “Rassvet,” the Russian word for dawn.


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ISS Expedtion 16 Mission Insignia

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NASA International Space Station Expedition 16 Patch with Crew Names.

Embroidered International Space Station Expedition Insignia Patch This patch was manufactured as part of a limited set by the official NASA supplier. The patch features the Expedition insignia as well as the names of all participating crew members.

A full colour patch approx 4" diameter.

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Expedition 16 was the 16th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The first two crew members, Yuri Malenchenko and Peggy Whitson, launched on October 10, 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-11, and were joined by spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, the first Malaysian in space.

Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson did not land with the Soyuz TMA-10, so he was considered part of Expedition 16 for the few weeks prior to the arrival of STS-120. STS-120 launched on October 23, docked on October 25, and replaced Anderson with new Flight Engineer Daniel Tani. Following docking, the Soyuz seat liners for Anderson and Tani were swapped, and Anderson became part of the STS-120 crew. Leopold Eyharts, who came aboard during STS-122, joined the mission on February 9, 2008, replacing Tani.

The crew was then joined by Garrett Reisman, who was launched aboard Endeavour with STS-123, on March 11, 2008, replacing Eyharts. Reisman joined Expedition 16 in progress, and was a part of Expedition 17 as well. Upon reentry, the astronaut's Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft suffered a minor malfunction, causing the craft to follow a very steep ballistic descent. As a result, the crew experienced forces up to 10 G, ending up about 260 miles (418km) west of the targeted landing site. Roscosmos reported all three crew members were doing just fine and in good health.

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ISS Expedition 15 Mission Insignia

NASA International Space Station Expedition 15 Patch with Crew Names and National Flags.

Embroidered International Space Station Expedition Insignia Patch


This patch was manufactured as part of a limited set by the official NASA supplier. The patch features the Expedition insignia as well as the names of all participating crew members. A full colour patch approx 4" diameter.

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Expedition 15 was the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Four crew members participated in the expedition, although for most of the expedition's duration only three were on the station at any one time. During Expedition 15, the ISS Integrated Truss Structure was expanded twice: STS-117 brought the S3/S4 truss, and STS-118 brought the S5 truss. The crew members featured are: Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin,Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov, and NASA Astronaut / Flight engineer Clayton Anderson.

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ISS Expedition 13 Crew Insignia

NASA International Space Station Expedition 13 Patch with Crew Names and National Flags.

Embroidered International Space Station Expedition Insignia Patch This patch was manufactured as part of a limited set by the official NASA supplier. The patch features the Expedition insignia as well as the names of all participating crew members.

A full colour patch approx 4" diameter.



Expedition 13 was the 13th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), and launched at 02:30 UTC on March 30, 2006.[1] The expedition used the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft, which stayed at the station for the duration of the expedition for emergency evacuation. Astronaut Marcos Pontes launched with Expedition 13 on the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft and became the first Brazilian in space. He returned with Expedition 12 on Soyuz TMA-7 after a nine-day mission.

Thomas Reiter, from the European Space Agency, became part of the Expedition 13 crew in July 2006. Reiter was launched with the second Return to Flight mission on Discovery (STS-121) on July 4, 2006. Reiter became the first European long-duration crew member on the International Space Station when he officially joined the crew of the ISS at 19:13 UTC on July 6, 2006 upon the complete installation of his Soyuz spacecraft seat liner, allowing him to return to Earth aboard the docked Soyuz craft. Reiter's arrival restored the station crew to three members for the first time since May of 2003.

The station's crew size was reduced to two when shuttle flights were put on hold after the Space Shuttle Columbia accident on February 1, 2003. The patch features the names of all three expedition members with associated national flags.

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